关于中介这一个问题，我觉得我有一些建议可以给大家，我目前在哈佛读计算机和经济双专业，也是IVY Council和Global Round Table的主席，之前也受邀在世界互联网大会，G20，和联合国青年峰会等地方进行过演讲，因为有很多朋友问我申请应该怎么申请，所以我在这里分享下我当年是怎么申请的。
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当你选中介的时候，你第一个应该问你自己的问题是你为什么需要一个中介。这里有一个大部分中介不会告诉你的秘密：事实上，他们会尽他们最大努力向你隐瞒。在一开始确定了申请计划之后，大部分的申请步骤都很直接，你自己可以轻松的完成。让我们来快速回顾一下申请的主要组成部分：
-高中/本科学位
-基本申请
-推荐信
-英文熟练水平(托福/雅思)
-Personal Statement
The first question to ask yourself when considering a consultant is why you need a consultant. Well, here’s a secret most consultants won’t tell you--in fact, they do their best to hide it from you.After setting an initial application plan, most of the application process is actually very straightforward and can be done by yourself. Let’s take a quick look at the main application components:
-Undergraduate Degree
-General Application
-Recommendation Letters
-English Proficiency (TOEFL/IELTS)
-Personal Statement
你可能也发现了，这些都是你可以轻松完成的事情（而且你的中介也帮不了你）。你可以获得高中/本科学位，努力学习托福/雅思，并让你的教授或实习主管给你写推荐信。中介会说，基本的申请程序非常复杂，但实际上，非常简单。通常情况下，这些都是你的个人信息，学校的成绩和细节，工作经验，以及其他一些简单的问题，这些问题可以在30分钟内完成(大多数学校的申请表格非常类似)。
As you can probably tell, most of these are things that you can easily achieve yourself (and that consultants can’t help you with). You’ll earn your undergraduate degree, study hard for the TOEFL/IELTS, and ask your professors or intern supervisors for rec letters. What a consultant will try to say is that the general application is very complicated, but in fact, it’s very simple. Oftentimes, it’s just your personal details, school grades and details, work experience, and a few other easy questions that can be finished in 30 minutes (with most schools having very similar application forms).
换句话说，第一个问题的简单答案就是，一旦你有了申请计划，你就不需要任何中介了。正如你们所知道的，如今许多中介都在欺骗学生，他们用最低限度的服务和低劣的质量让学生付高昂的价格。
In other words, the simple answer to the first question is that you don’t really need a consultant once you have an application plan. As you all know, many consultants these days trick students into paying high prices for minimal service and poor quality.
但是你可能会问，等等，personal statement呢?这可能是你需要外界帮助的唯一部分，因为这对很多学生来说是非常重要和具有挑战性的。对于PS呢，找到一个高质量、道德和友好的reviser(最好是来自顶尖大学的英语母语者)来帮助你编辑和润色你的文章是很重要的。这种半DIY的方法不仅可以节省你的时间和金钱，而且最终的结果也可能是高质量的，增加你进入梦想学校的机会。
But you might be asking, wait, what about the personal statement? That is perhaps the only part you’ll need outside help for, since it is very important and challenging for many students. For these, it is important to find a high-quality, moral, and friendly reviser (preferably a native English-speaker from a top university) to assist you with editing and polishing your essays. Not only will this half-DIY approach save you time and money, but the end results will also likely be of higher quality and increase your chances of getting into your dream school.
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